On her mun's surprise at her showing up loudly at random

[persistent_humanity]

You'll recall that you chose this name for me for a reason.

There are some things in this world that can't be killed. Some are vampires, some are raving madmen with cybernetic enhancements, and some are very persistent English women that simply refuse to die.

Regardless of how long my silences last, rest assured that none of them are permanent. There's too much left for me to do, after all, and it wouldn't do to leave you without someone of my qualifications.

[Especially since she knows how irritating it is to have an employee suddenly disappear. She's still waiting on that vampire to come back from the ether, or wherever it is that he went. He still owes her for the fact that she had to pay the City of London quite a bit of money for the square of sidewalk she had to dig out in order to keep that sigil.

Still, there's a warmth behind the steadfast conviction in her voice as she speaks her final statement.]

I'm not going anywhere.

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[strongestcoward]

A pleasant sentiment if nothing else.

[persistent_humanity]

[She can't hide a phantom grin.]

Perhaps. Every human follows the same fate eventually, but I don't intend to make it easy on the reaper that means to take me.

[strongestcoward]

[He can, but that's because his face is currently wrapped up tight. It's shallow in his voice all the same.]

Careful with your phrasing. That's my family business, you know.

[persistent_humanity]

[It's then that her smile becomes a bit more visible.]

At least in that case I'd be assured that I would be facing a formidable opponent.

[strongestcoward]

You'd perhaps be surprised, meeting the ones I shamefully must admit are my relatives.

[He flicks his scarves about a little, like a four cat tails. It rarely means anything consistent, but in this case it's a sign of thought.]

It's been some time since I did the duty... I suppose I'll come out of retirement when you go into it, so to speak.

[persistent_humanity]

[Shameful relatives are something that Integra understands completely.

Still, when the idea of him coming out of retirement is spoken, there's a small, yet sincere light that colors her features. It speaks of a calm resignation, a friendly challenge and an wordless pride all at once.]

I think I would like that very much.

[strongestcoward]

Hmm. What a grim pleasure.

[He places a slight amount of extra emphasis on 'grim' as if it's a private joke to himself.]

You're a funny human, you know.

[persistent_humanity]

[The joke doesn't escape her, and she chuckles in the wake of both it and the comment about her peculiarity.

He's not wrong, of course -- it is more than just a little odd that she's so okay with the idea of the personification of fear coming for her soul when it's her time. But honestly, she likes him. Strangely, she's even comforted by him. Of course she's still going to be the world's most difficult soul to reap when the time comes, but she'd rather face that moment with someone she respects if she has any say at all about it.]

I suppose I've been called worse.

[As someone that's lost everything, she has nothing left to fear. This means that she isn't unnerved by him the way others would be. On the contrary, she prefers his presence to that of most people.]